[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Watch : PHI@ 3/12/2010 10:45:02 PM

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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1044 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010

...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY
MORNING...

.A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM WILL BE AFFECTING THE REGION THROUGH
SUNDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTH CAROLINA WILL MOVE
SLOWLY NORTHWARD INTO THE DELMARVA PENINSULA SATURDAY BEFORE
TRACKING OFFSHORE.

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NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-
SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-
GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-
ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-
COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-
NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...
SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...
PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...
LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...WEST CHESTER...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
1044 PM EST FRI MAR 12 2010

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...NEW JERSEY AND 
 PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN DELAWARE...
 DELAWARE BEACHES...INLAND SUSSEX...KENT AND NEW CASTLE. IN 
 NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CAROLINE...CECIL...KENT MD...QUEEN ANNES 
 AND TALBOT. IN NEW JERSEY...ATLANTIC...ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE 
 MAY...CAMDEN...CAPE MAY...COASTAL ATLANTIC...COASTAL OCEAN...
 CUMBERLAND...EASTERN MONMOUTH...GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...
 MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...
 OCEAN...SALEM...SOMERSET...SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON...SUSSEX...
 WARREN AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...BUCKS...
 CARBON...CHESTER...DELAWARE...LEHIGH...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...
 NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA.

* THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING

* PERIODS OF RAIN WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA INTO SUNDAY 
 MORNING. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS ANTICIPATED TO OCCUR STARTING 
 LATE TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY DURING SATURDAY. 

* WIDESPREAD TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE
  ANTICIPATED WITH THIS STORM... WITH LOCALLY AROUND 5 INCHES
  POSSIBLE.

THE FIRST AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE AFFECTING DELMARVA,
SOUTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THIS AREA IS
EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES FARTHER AWAY FROM THE SURFACE LOW
LATER TONIGHT. THEN THE CONVECTIVE HEAVY RAIN OVER THE CAROLINAS
SHOULD THEN MOVE INTO THE REGION DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY INTO
SATURDAY EVENING.

GIVEN THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN... THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR AREAS OF
DANGEROUS FLOODING TO DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. SMALL
STREAMS AND POSSIBLY MAIN STEM RIVERS WILL REACH FLOOD STAGE.
SMALLER STREAMS WILL RESPOND FIRST TO THE RAINFALL FOLLOWED BY THE
LARGER RIVERS. FLOODING COULD BEGIN TOWARD DAYBREAK SATURDAY ALONG
FAST RESPONDING CREEKS... WHILE THE LARGER... SLOWER RESPONDING
RIVERS COULD SEE FLOODING PERSIST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. IN
ADDITION... THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF FLOODING ON
ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

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